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Benefits and Challenges of Using Big Data in Resource Estimation

The good news is that advances in data acquisition technologies mean that a whole new world of soft data – from downhole geophysics, multi- and hyper-spectral core scanning, and more routine collection of geometallurgical parameters – is now available to inform and enhance resource modelling and estimation.

Building Efficient and ESG-Compliant Mines with Virtual Twins

In order to supply demand, the mining industry must discover more copper deposits, increase inventory, and accelerate production. The challenge lies in developing mines quickly while adhering to ESG norms, environmental regulations, and community stakeholder buy-in. Integrating technology across the mining value chain can reduce uncertainty and expedite this process.

Improving Geological Modelling in the Age of Data Overload

However, while today’s big data and advanced technology can help geologists generate more accurate models than ever before, there are still challenges to overcome in using all that data and technology successfully. Fortunately, there are also solutions.

Unlocking Value in Mining

The bottom line is that a centralised system deployed either on premises or on cloud would make the execution of the company’s Disaster Recovery Plan way more straightforward compared with decentralised systems.

Bridging the Gap in Real Estate with Virtual Twin Solutions

GEOVIA Urban Planning solutions allow the creation of a comprehensive virtual twin within a single platform, seamlessly integrating both open-source and private BIM data. By reconciling 2D and 3D data, converting vector data into 3D, and georeferencing 3D designs, these solutions go far beyond basic visualizations. They offer advanced spatial analysis capabilities, enabling real estate developers and planners to assess site viability, evaluate environmental impacts, and simulate various scenarios effectively.

Generating Production Scenarios

Relying on Dassault Systèmes’ Delmia production simulation tool, which can create 3D models of specific, discrete events, the company developed thousands of scenarios to visualise how equipment would move and interact under various mine designs.

Using Simulation to Complete Advanced Geotechnical Analyses

Block caving requires a very large deposit, with sufficient height and footprint area, to be cost effective. It should also ideally include certain geotechnical characteristics, such as pre-existing rock fractures to speed fragmentation and enough rock mass strength to support extraction tunnels.

Integrating Parametric Design with Mine Planning

To make integration simple, Process Composer eliminates the need for a designer to manually transfer the parameters and results from the parametric design into a mine planning package. Instead, it works with PCBC to handle the output variables of the design as input variables for the mine plan, allowing for an automated workflow throughout the entire mine planning process and between multiple applications/software.